The Adventures of Mr Toad

A beautifully illustrated picture-book edition of one of the greatest stories ever told for children.
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**Told from the point of view of Toad, this picture book retelling of The Wind in the Willows has all the ingredients young children love - humour, adventure, and friendship.
**David Roberts is an award winning illustrator.
**David Roberts' gift edition of The Wind in the Willows has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
**A sparkling retelling from Tom Moorhouse makes this enduring story accessible for the youngest audience.

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Raven Stone has noticed something seriously sinister is happening at the elite boarding school she attends. Students are disappearing and she is determined to find out why.
Her enigmatic classmate Kieran Storm may hold the key to unlocking the mystery - but can Raven trust him with her heart?

A beautifully illustrated picture-book edition of one of the greatest stories ever told for children.
Features
**Told from the point of view of Toad, this picture book retelling of The Wind in the Willows has all the ingredients young children love - humour, adventure, and friendship.
**David Roberts is an award winning illustrator.
**David Roberts' gift edition of The Wind in the Willows has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
**A sparkling retelling from Tom Moorhouse makes this enduring story accessible for the youngest audience.

Jake's class have the best teacher in the whole world, Mr Hyde. There's just one teeny, tiny, HUGE problem. Mr Hyde transforms into a naughty creature whenever he becomes upset!
Unlike most kids Jake's class are desperate to keep their teacher, so they will have to use all their ingenuity to hide the creature and stop the secret from getting out!

He was famous across the globe for his brilliant escape acts. But before he became the great magician, who was young Harry Houdini?
In 1880s New York, Harry Houdini is just a shoe-shine boy dabbling with a few escape tricks.
But when a well-known magician is kidnapped, Harry and his friends must race across Manhattan to track down the villains!
Out February 2015

In this hilarious and, to be honest, pretty random adventure, you'll discover that it's as you always suspected . . . pizza is the evil genius of the world. Oh yes, it's all the fault of pizza. It has absolutely nothing at all to do with the badgers . . .

Why do we need a dictionary?
Most of the time, when we watch or read Shakespeare, we don’t need a dictionary. The majority of the words in a Shakespeare play have the same meaning as those we use today, and in a play is performed well, the speeches will make sense even in we don’t understand every single word in them. But as soon as we want to explore the plays more deeply, a dictionary can help, especially to understand the words that have changed their meaning since Shakespeare’s day.
‘Words, words, words’—Hamlet.

A magical winter's tale about a very special friendship, just in time for Christmas.
Lucy has a big secret . . . Santa's left her a little reindeer in the garden shed! But Starlight is poorly, and Santa won't be able to deliver any presents if he's not well in time. Can Lucy make Starlight better and save Christmas?

Kale and Strife are two young water voles with a nose for trouble and an eye for adventure. But when their uncle Sylvan comes to stay, bringing news of a danger that could threaten their whole existence, the voles are sucked into a quest that will test their courage to the limit. A thrilling new adventure from the author of The River Singers.
second thrilling adventure from Tom Moorhouse, featuring the wonderful characters of The River Singers (ISBN 9780192734808), which has garnered universal critical acclaim since publication.
High production values and sumptuous illustration throughout make this an ideal gift purchase.
Written by an Oxford academic and water vole expert; the story is interwoven with fascinating facts about British wildlife.
Unforgettable animal characters, a tense and exciting narrative, and a wonderfully lyrical style of storytelling - this is a proper children's book that manages to feel timeless whilst also appealing to modern children.